Word: qua
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...none so much as because it shows again that the relation between students and faculty is one of close understanding and sympathy. That the work of the men on probation should improve and bring them safely within the specified standards of the college was of course a sine qua non to their restoration to regular standing at any time. The fact that they have made that improvement, however, would not have been enough in itself to get them off probation so early. The petition was granted at this time because of "the character and assurances" of those who signed...
Arnold's fame as a literary critic rests on his two well known collections of essays. The essence of criticism, he says, is disinterestedness. At the same time he well understood that it was the sine qua non of a great critic to have a definite point of view. He chose a text and threw a strong and steady light upon it. His horizon was wider even than that of St. Beuve's. Yet he sometimes fell into ambiguities, and was often led astray by his fondness for phrases. Arnold will always live, nevertheless, as the greatest English critic...